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Apr 6, 2018

Volume 13 Number 18

EDITORIAL

The humble case report: bottom of the evidence-based medical pyramid or the foundation of clinical research?

Mylotte D

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Mechanical circulatory support: the last resort in cardiogenic shock?

Thiele H, Desch S, de Waha S

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Closing congenital vascular connections: the novel and the traditional… both at risk of developing ventricular dysfunction?

Martucci G, Piazza N, Dancea A

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Shining light on calcified lesions, plaque stabilisation and physiologic significance: new insights from intracoronary OCT

Ali ZA, Karimi Galougahi K

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PERSPECTIVES

Is it time for national systems of care for valvular heart disease?

Mack MJ, Hamandi M

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INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

Percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a novel minimally invasive treatment for reduction of outflow tract obstruction

Liu L, Liu B, Li J, Zhang Y

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Percutaneous biventricular cardiac assist device in cardiogenic shock and refractory cardiac arrest

Ellert J, Jensen MJ, Jensen L, Moller JE

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PERKAT RV: first in vivo data of a novel right heart assist device

Kretzschmar D, Lauten A, Schubert H, Bischoff S, Schulze PC, Ferrari M

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Thrombosed mechanical tricuspid valve: emergent valvuloplasty as rescue

Goel K, Gulati R, Bell M

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Prediction of left ventricular dysfunction after device closure of patent ductus arteriosus: proposal for a new functional classification

Kiran V, Tiwari A

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Combined use of coils and Onyx for transcatheter closure of coronary artery fistulae

Li P, Xu X, Zhang Z, Wang F, Wang Z, Chen F, Zhang B, Qin Y, Chen S, Zhao X

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Short-term dual antiplatelet therapy after interventional left atrial appendage closure with different devices

Weise FK, Bordignon S, Perrotta L, Konstantinou A, Bologna F, Nagase T, Chen S, Chun K, Schmidt B

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CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

Long-term clinical outcomes of a crystalline sirolimus-eluting coronary stent with a fully bioabsorbable polymer coating: five-year outcomes from the DESSOLVE I and II trials

Wijns W, Vrolix M, Verheye S, Schoors D, Slagboom T, Gosselink M, Benit E, Kandzar D, Donohoe D, Ormiston J

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National trends, predictors of use, and in-hospital outcomes in mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock

Strom J, Zhao Y, Shen C, Chung M, Pinto DS, Popma J, Yeh R

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Outcome after revascularisation of acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock on extracorporeal life support

Overtchouk P, Pascal J, Lebreton G, Hulot J-S, Luyt C-E, Combes A, Kerneis M, Silvain J, Barthelemy O, Leprince P, Brechot N, Montalescot G, Collet J

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Very late scaffold thrombosis: insights from optical coherence tomography and histopathology

Joner M, Nicol P, Rai H, Richter H, Foin N, Ng J, Cuesta J, Rivero F, Serrano R, Alfonso F

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Characteristics of stent thrombosis in bifurcation lesions analysed by optical coherence tomography

Bechiri M, Souteyrand G, Lefèvre T, Trouillet C, Rangé G, Cayla G, Derimay F, Mangin L, Meneveau N, Caussin C, Motreff P, Amabile N

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A new optical coherence tomography-based calcium scoring system to predict stent underexpansion

Fujino A, Mintz GS, Matsumura M, Lee T, Kim S-Y, Hoshino M, Usui E, Yonetsu T, Haag E, Shlofmitz RA, Kakuta T, Maehara A

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Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of dynamic changes in non-culprit coronary atherosclerotic lesion morphology: a longitudinal OCT study

Zhang B-C, Karanasos A, Gnanadesigan M, van der Sijde J, van Ditzhuijzen N, Witberg K, Ligthart J, Diletti R, van Geuns R, Dijkstra J, Zijlstra F, van Soest G, Regar E

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First serial optical coherence tomography assessment at baseline, 12 and 24 months in STEMI patients treated with the second-generation Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold

Kochman J, Kołtowski Ł, Tomaniak M, Jąkała J, Proniewska K, Legutko J, Roleder T, Pietrasik A, Rdzanek A, Kochman W, Brugaletta S, Opolski G, Regar E

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Efficacy of optical coherence tomography-derived morphometric assessment in predicting the physiological significance of coronary stenosis: head-to-head comparison with intravascular ultrasound

Usui E, Yonetsu T, Kanaji Y, Hoshino M, Yamaguchi M, Hada M, Hamaya R, Kanno Y, Murai T, Lee T, Kakuta T

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